Social cohesion, social trust, social participation and sexual behaviors of adolescents in rural Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Univariate description of the study sample (N = 403)

	n	%
Social participation at school (n = 247)^a
Weak coherent	53	21
2	51	21
3	50	20
4	80	32
Strongest coherent	13	5
Social participation at the community (n = 403)
Weak coherent	122	30
2	40	10
3	81	20
4	89	22
Strongest coherent	71	18
Age (n = 403)
14–16 years old	127	32
17–19 years old	276	68
Religion (n = 403)
Non Muslim	52	13
Muslim	351	87
Sex (n = 403)
Male	203	50
Female	200	50
Overall cohesion
Weak coherent	92	23
2	74	18
3	76	19
4	81	20
Strongest coherent	80	20

^aPlease note that 247 were going to schools which provided training on life skills for HIV and AIDS prevention

ISSN: 1471-2458